Isaiah 13:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

No one will live in Babylon. Even nomads won't camp nearby, and shepherds won't let their sheep rest there.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 17:11

Philistines brought him silver and other gifts to keep peace. Some of the Arab people brought him seventy-seven hundred rams and the same number of goats.

Job 3:7

Don't let children be created or joyful shouts be heard ever again in that night.

Song of Solomon 1:7

I'm not one of those women who shamelessly follow after shepherds. My darling, I love you! Where do you feed your sheep and let them rest at midday?

Isaiah 14:23

The LORD will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.

Isaiah 21:1

This is a message about a desert beside the sea: Enemies from a hostile nation attack like a whirlwind from the Southern Desert.

Isaiah 25:2

You have destroyed the fortress of our enemies, leaving their city in ruins. Nothing in that foreign city will ever be rebuilt.

Isaiah 34:17

The LORD has decided where they each should live; they will be there for ever, generation after generation.

Jeremiah 49:33

Only jackals will live where your villages once stood. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 50:13

My anger will destroy Babylon, and no one will live there. Everyone who passes by will be shocked to see what has happened.

Jeremiah 50:21

The LORD said: I have told the enemies of Babylonia, “Attack the people of Merathaim and Pekod. Kill them all! Destroy their possessions!”

Jeremiah 50:3

The attack on the Babylonians will come from the north; they and their animals will run, leaving the land empty.

Jeremiah 50:39

Never again will people live in your land— only desert animals, jackals, and unclean birds.

Jeremiah 50:45

Listen to my plans for you, people of Babylonia. Your children will be dragged off, and your country destroyed.

Jeremiah 51:25

You destroyed the nations and seem strong as a mountain, but I am your enemy. I might even grab you and roll you off a cliff. When I have finished, you'll only be a pile of scorched bricks.

Jeremiah 51:29

The earth twists and turns in torment, because I have decided to make Babylonia a desert where no one can live, and I won't change my mind.

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will be a pile of rubble where only jackals live. People will laugh, but they will be afraid to walk among the ruins.

Jeremiah 51:43

Horrible destruction will strike the nearby towns. The land will become a barren desert, where no one can live or even travel.